‘If/Then’ at Lakeland Civic Theatre serves up some what ifs Bob Abelman Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal Playwright and lyricist Brian Yorkey and composer Tom Kitt have turned self-reflective self-disclosure into a musical theater art form of sorts, first with their 2008 Tony Award-winning “Next to Normal” – a dark and vivid portrait of manic-depression – and later, in 2014, with “If/Then,” which is currently on stage at Lakeland Civic Theatre. The moderate success of this musical on Broadway and on the first leg of its national tour was due largely to the Tony Award-winning powerhouse Idina Menzel, for whom the featured role of Elizabeth was written. Fortunately, director Martin Friedman has tapped the talents of Sandra Emerick, for she is as Idina Menzelish as it gets. For more of this review, go to: www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/